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What I've seen is that the media will still be allowed in the room after games, just not after practices. It's also the same practice followed by 7 (counting Esks) of 9 teams in the league. http://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/2014/06/22/eyes-and-ears-get-blinders-and-earmuffs-the-eskimos-locker-room-is-closed/ "This doesn’t mean that access to players and coaches has been fully revoked. We’ll get our interviews on field after practices and I assume that the locker-room will be open post-games. And I know that six other teams in the league already employ this practice..." IMO, this is such a big deal b/c of the Esks recent history. Reed & Hervey have been media disasters, & apparently Jones has blown off both rights holders & half-time & post game interviews. He's also coming in with a bad rep after blowing the media off at the Grey Cup two years ago. He's showing potential to be a Mike Kelly level media disaster.

If it was 2011 they would be. Their best days are in the rearview mirror now.

I would end up either in a fight or blacked out when I drank too much rye. I wouldn't pass out, I just had to have my evening retold to me the following day. Haven't had a sip of it in probably 15 years.

Cornish

Doug Brown didn't quit on his team though.

Had some with my girlfriend's (wife now) uncle. I didn't want to look like a ***** in front of her family so I drank it, and it took everything in me to keep a straight face when I swallowed it. I don't remember what kind it was, but it was awful. I'm almost exclusively a beer drinker. If I'm feeling fancy I'll have a vodka paralyzer or caesar.

I'm not saying success or failure as a whole. I'm just saying as far as the class of rookie imports goes, it's pretty underwhelming. One thing I will say, this is the CFL - a lot of you tend to forget that. Sorry guys, I love the sport, and I love our game, and I love our league. But for the upteenth time, we are not a MAJOR league. We are not viewed that way. I won't call us a 'bush' league, not by a long shot, but we are not the answer to anyones prayers. My point? Mike, the best imports aren't here yet my friend. They're with Henoc, chasing their 'dreams' in the NFL. I think our import talent was fine. I also think come late August/September when the NFL cuts start you'll find more players coming that we can 'upgrade' with. That's just a CFL fact, not bias, not an 'opinion', but fact. Except all those guys who were cut in August the last 3 years are looking for work. It's not as concrete as you present it in terms of how and when guys come north. Besides, how often do we see guys actually step in in September and make an impact? Someone help me out here because I don't remember many. Greg Carr. He's about the only one I can think of.

Mark Chipman hosted a fundraiser for Bowman. That's a pretty good ally to have.

There were several big receivers in camp this year auditioning for that wr spot. Kelly was just better than all of them. Remember how many people thought Urrutia was the next Chris Matthews?

Kings announced they won't buy him out.

Defensive end too. We don't have an import backup defensive end. Those are two of the easiest positions to fill. And we whiffed hard on both. To their credit though, they did an unreal job with the level of talent in the secondary. I liked what I saw from Fraser. I thought he got decent pressure in both games. He played tackle, but he doesn't seem like he's too big to play de.

How many import rookies started our first game last season? Dunn is the only one I can think of. Who were the guys people were excited about coming out of camp last year? I'm not trying to prove any point about our scouting, I just honestly can't remember. I can't imagine there was much excitement about what we saw in either preseason game.

Katz announced he won't run for mayor again.

So then process of elimination, practice roster would be ... Browning, Dumas, Bolton, Everett, a couple import OL, Fraser, Kemp ... or something like that? It's tough to say when there are still too many guys here. What do we do with all of the import db's?

He has too, unless they make a trade. The next guy up was a DL last season...

Darrin Bauming ‏@DarrinBauming 45s #Bombers rep clarifies that none of the 11 released today will be asked to join the practice roster.

Agreed. Weird they brought him in like that.

Very much agreed. We have less need for rookie starters b/c we actually signed some vets in the offseason.

Morley Scott from Edmonton figures he'll end up on our pr.

How many have to go, after the pr & ir are factored in?

It's weird how the severity of concussions can vary so much when the impact of the blow to the head can be similar. I've been knocked out three times, twice under ten years old, & have five total concussions, yet I don't have any lingering symptoms.

Presumably he'll be better now with more than just a few days to prepare.

Sounds like Willie Desjardins will be the Pens new coach. From what I've read & heard about him he seems like a good choice. More than likely he'll have Tocchet as one of his asst coaches.

But for how long if they don't make the playoffs? That team is still in the honeymoon phase. It will always be sold out. There is an 8000 person waiting list for season tickets. The MTS Centre is sold out into eternity. Did they not require people to commit for 5 years when the Jets came back? Once that 5 years is up and if the team still hasn't taken strides come talk to me. 96% of the first wave of commitments that came due signed up for another term. Half of those people re-upped for six more years instead of the mandatory three. I think the team will be fine.

Yeah, I really like Farmery as well. It was at the Festival, but I've had it several times before so I didn't consider it a "discovery" for me.